Romans 3:23 NIV For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.

Rev. Jordan Hodges, Pastor~

The morning welcome, announcements and prayer were by Pastor Jordan. Then  our music worship service was opened  by a wonderful song  with its words upon the big screen to sing along with the artist, the

Casting Crowns   “Glorious Day” Living He Loved Me, Dying He saved me. Then our song leader Brother Mark Schneider continued the worship service .by leading the congregation  in the following hymns “The Lilly of the Valley,” “In the Garden,” and In His Time.

The song “ln His Time” led into the message theme for Brother Jordan‘s sermon this morning. You can find this scripture  in your Bible in Ephesians Ch. 4: v1- v16, NIV.

Ephesians 4:1-16 (NIV)

Unity and Maturity in the Body of Christ

4 :1). As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. 2). Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. 3) Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. 4). There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called ; 5). one Lord, one faith, one baptism; 6). one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.

7). But to each one of us grace has been given as Christ apportioned it. 8). This is why it says:

“When he ascended on high,
he took many captives
and gave gifts to his people.”

9). What does “he ascended” mean except that he also descended to the lower, earthly regions? 10 He who descended is the very one who ascended higher than all the heavens, in order to fill the whole universe. 11). Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers, 12).  to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up 13). until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ.

14). Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of people in their deceitful scheming. 15). Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of him who is the head, that is, Christ. 16). From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work.

These verses tell us how important it is to have Unity and Maturity in the Body of Christ. To each one of us grace has been given as Christ apportioned it. This is why it says: He who descended is the very one who ascended higher than all the heavens, in order to fill the whole universe so, Christ himself gave each one of us the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers and even you and me the grace to equip us, His people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ. When we are called by God to be a servant of the King, whose name is Jesus, it is a 24-7 job to reach the perfection which is like the only perfect One! Our goal is: to be perfect as Christ Jesus is perfect.

Prayer Concerns:  Jordan & Mallory Hodges~ Pete Hanson~ Linda Davis~ Frances Barrow ~Terry Barrow~ Danny Henry ~ Bob Adams ~ Shirley Bilbruck ~ Peggy Dietz ~ Johnny Huckaby ~ Lorine Henzlik~ Lucy Greer’s friend, Jo Ann Bell~ Janice Ivey~ Rusty Cowen~ Carol Price~ Ada Price ~ Jennifer Strouse~ Claudean (Deanie) Brown ~Extended Prayer Request are on our Bulletin Board.

You are welcome to come worship where the Word of the Living God is the main topic of the day and is taught out of the main book that we can spell with capital letters which are B-I-B-L-E! We are not a bunch of perfect feeling people wanting to make a big impression on anyone. We are forgiven by Gods Grace alone

Events for May:  Sat. May 12 th. 2012 Senior Graduation 2 PM  @ Calhoun R-8,

Eathen Hawkin’s Graduation Party afterwards @ the church

Sunday  May 13 th. Mothers Day

Assoc. Board Mtg At Grover Park Baptist Church May 26, 2012 at 7 PM

May 26th. Brotherhood Breakfast 8 A.M. at the Church

Vacation Bible School is scheduled for the week of “June 10th. – 15th. this year”

Sunday Morning Fellowship with a light Breakfast 9:30 A.M.

Sunday School 10.00 – A Class for all Ages,

Worship Services 11:00 A.M.

Sunday Evening Bible Study 6:00 P.M.

Youth Group, R.A.’s & G.A.’s Wednesdays at 7 P.M.

We are located 3 blocks off 52 on V Highway

Our Website: calhounbaptist.org.

Your Sister in Christ,

Claudean

Oh, what a glorious day to be in the house of God! We are children of a Living Savior!
Brother Jordan welcomed a Sanctuary full of Worshipers this morning! A lot of them had been in attendance for the wonderful Easter Breakfast at 8:30 A.M. It was wonderfully prepared by the men in our Brotherhood, with Brother Jim Bilbruck being the Chief Cook! The children had a wonderful time finding hundreds of Easter Eggs on the front lawn. Oh what joy the children are as they seek out everyone of them! It is our prayer that they seek the ways of the Lord as fervently as they are growing up in Christ believing families.

We were blessed with Special Music by Miss Victoria Barrow who played an Easter Special on the piano! We all enjoyed it very much!
All of the G.A. Girls have been making a Paper Chain during the Annie Armstrong Easter Offering. The girls were planning on putting a message of thankfulness on each link of the chain. The goal this year is $200.00. We now need only $78.50 to reach our goal. That is a lot of links with one for each 10 cents offered. There were so many links that it would have been entirely too difficult to put a message on each link of the chain. The GA. Leader, Sister Heather Hollinger assisted them with bringing the chain all though out the Sanctuary while G.A. Leader, Sister Shonda Self read the long list of many things the girls are thankful for on this special day remembering the Resurrected Lord Jesus.

Brother Jordan’s message today was about how God wants us to be perfect. You will find Gods Standard for us to live by in the book of Matthew Ch.5, with verse 48 being the Key Scripture this morning.

Matthew 5:48 (NIV)
48 Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.

It says to be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect. He knew that we could not meet His standard of living, so He sent His Son Jesus, the only person that was perfect to be our Sacrificial Lamb. He took our place on the cross that we may have everlasting life, when we have a Personal Relationship with Him.

PRAYER CONCERNS: Jordan & Mallory Hodges~ Helen Reynolds~ Terry Barrow~ Janice Ivey~ Claudean Brown~ Dean Northington~ Bob Ketchum~ Pete Hansen~ ~ Rusty Cowen~ Chad Price~ Shaine Thompson and Men and Women in Service of our Country~ The Extended Prayer Request are on our Bulletin Board.

Events for the Month of April:
North American Mission Board & Annie Armstrong Easter Offering contenues all month.
April 10th. WMU Mtg. at 7 P.M. at the Church.
April 27th. Brotherhood Breakfast 7 A.M. at the Church
April 29th. Singspiration at New Life Church 7 P.M.

We have Sunday Morning Fellowship with a light Breakfast 9:30 A.M.
Sunday School 10.00 – A Class for all Ages, Worship Services 11:00
Sunday Evening Bible Study 6:00 P.M.
We are located 3 blocks off 52 on V Highway
Our Website: calhounbaptist.org.

Brother Jordan’s Mother and Sister were visiting and so was Sister Mallory’s Mother and Dad!

There were a lot of guest visiting with us today! There is not enough room to mention all of them here, but guest are always welcome! We were blessed with Special Music by “The Resounding Joy Bell Choir,” from Warrensburg MO. They played the beautiful music that only they can do through out the Worship Services today. The director of the choir, Mark Schneider and his wife Lorrie and one other lady whose name is Lori who played the bells are members of Calhoun Baptist Church. We are always so pleased to have them play their “Resounding Rings of Joyful Music!”

The G.A. Girls are making a Paper Chain of Messages, one message on each link of the chain. There will be a link for every 10 cents donated to the Annie Armstrong Easter Offering for North American Missions. Our goal this year is $200.00. There is already a lot of message links. We now have 1,215 links on the chain, a total of $125.50. It will be on display in the church to encourage others to financially support missions here in North America. The G.A. Leaders, Heather Hollinger and Shonda Self will assist the G.A. Girls in hanging the Message Chain all though out the Sanctuary for Easter Sunday! That will be so beautiful along with the flowers that are placed in the Sanctuary for Easter, honoring our King Jesus!

After a short Mission’s Message, Brother Jordan brought his message about the “Triumphal Entry” of Jesus into Jerusalem. The message is found in the Book of Matthew Chapter 21.

He was treated as their King by the multitude that was there to welcome Him. A very large crowd spread their cloaks on the road, while others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road for Jesus to walk upon as He passed by them. Only He rode on a donkey.

After the message this morning the Lords Supper was observed to give honor to the Living Savior who died on the cross to save a world of lost sinners. If you have accepted Jesus as the Lord of your life, you were invited to partake in the Holy Communion, remembering what Jesus did for all of us.

PRAYER CONCERNS: Dean Northington~ Bob Ketchum~ Debbie Willings~ Janice Ivey~ Pete Hansen~ Rosa Williams~ Helen Reynolds~ Rusty Cowen~ Claudean Brown~ Chad Price~ Shaine Thompson and our Men and Women in Service of our Country~

The Extended Prayer Request are on the Bulletin Board.

Events for the month of April.

North American Mission Board and Annie Armstrong Easter Offering~

Saturday April 7 th. Meet at the Church to fill Easter Eggs w/ Candy

April 8th. Easter Sunday

(notice the changes in the days schedule),

Easter Breakfast @ 8:30 A.M.

Sunday School @ 9:30 A.M.

Easter Egg Hunt @ 10:30 A. M.

Worship Services @ 11: 00 A. M.

April 10th.. WMU Mtg. at 7 P.M. at the church.

April 27th Brotherhood Breakfast. 8 A. M. April 29th. Singspiration @ New Life Church

Wednesdays~ Youth Group, RA’s and GA’s 2 7:00 PM

Come to see us 3 blocks off of 52 on V Highway, Calhoun Baptist Church.
Website CalhounBaptist.com